Consultant Contracts in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £603 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 29 36
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 215 183 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.15% 6.39% 5.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.80% 6.77% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 115 123
10th Percentile £425 £461 £430
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £721 £643
90th Percentile £765 £750 £675
South East median daily rate £595 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 2
10th Percentile £52.90 £55.94 £33.00
25th Percentile £53.66 £59.54 £41.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +12.48% -7.26%
75th Percentile - £70.61 £73.75
90th Percentile - £75.75 £82.00
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £80.00
% change year-on-year -4.75% -19.16% +29.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,443 2,704 3,416
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.48% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,369 1,840 2,338
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £404 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 81 100
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +180.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £57.86
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +8 190 £625 -3.85% 38
Buckinghamshire +21 20 £475 -14.80% 17
Oxfordshire +7 5 £450 -14.29% 10
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 86 (40.00%) SAP
2 71 (33.02%) Security Cleared
3 46 (21.40%) SC Cleared
3 46 (21.40%) Social Skills
4 38 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (17.21%) Oracle
6 33 (15.35%) DV Cleared
7 27 (12.56%) SAP QM
8 24 (11.16%) Agile
8 24 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (9.30%) Finance
10 19 (8.84%) SAP Basis
10 19 (8.84%) User Acceptance Testing
10 19 (8.84%) Azure
11 18 (8.37%) GAP Analysis
12 17 (7.91%) PLM
12 17 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (7.91%) Rational DOORS
12 17 (7.91%) Oracle EBS R12
12 17 (7.91%) SAP EWM
12 17 (7.91%) Roadmaps
13 16 (7.44%) Systems Engineering
13 16 (7.44%) Analogue Electronics
13 16 (7.44%) Oracle Database
13 16 (7.44%) Prototyping
13 16 (7.44%) Integration Testing
13 16 (7.44%) Requirements Management
13 16 (7.44%) Robotics
13 16 (7.44%) Electronics
13 16 (7.44%) Ethernet

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.86%) NetWeaver
2 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 27 (12.56%) SAP QM
2 17 (7.91%) Oracle EBS R12
2 17 (7.91%) SAP EWM
3 15 (6.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (5.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (4.65%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (3.26%) Maximo
7 4 (1.86%) SAP IBP
8 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (1.40%) SAP FI
8 3 (1.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.93%) iTrent
9 2 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.93%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.93%) SAP PP
9 2 (0.93%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.84%) Azure
2 12 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.79%) AWS
4 6 (2.79%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.40%) GCP
5 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.40%) SaaS
6 2 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.93%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.47%) IaaS
7 1 (0.47%) PaaS
7 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.44%) Ethernet
2 13 (6.05%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (4.19%) Network Security
4 8 (3.72%) Firewall
5 7 (3.26%) 3G
5 7 (3.26%) 4G
5 7 (3.26%) 5G
6 4 (1.86%) VPN
7 3 (1.40%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (1.40%) FTP
7 3 (1.40%) IPsec
8 2 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.93%) DMVPN
8 2 (0.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.93%) Sourcefire
8 2 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.44%) Oracle Database
2 15 (6.98%) SAP HANA
3 5 (2.33%) Power BI
4 4 (1.86%) SAP BW
4 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.40%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.93%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.47%) MySQL
7 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.91%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (4.65%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (2.33%) JIRA
4 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.93%) JMeter
4 2 (0.93%) Maven
4 2 (0.93%) Selenium
5 1 (0.47%) NWDI
5 1 (0.47%) NWDS
General
1 46 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.30%) Finance
4 16 (7.44%) Electronics
5 14 (6.51%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.51%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.79%) Retail
7 4 (1.86%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.86%) Marketing
7 4 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.93%) Military
9 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Advertising
10 1 (0.47%) Automotive
10 1 (0.47%) French Language
10 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.47%) German Language
10 1 (0.47%) Law
10 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.84%) SAP Basis
2 12 (5.58%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.86%) Visualforce
4 2 (0.93%) CSS
4 2 (0.93%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.93%) HTML
4 2 (0.93%) Web Services
5 1 (0.47%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.47%) IDoc
5 1 (0.47%) Kafka
5 1 (0.47%) React
5 1 (0.47%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.47%) REST
5 1 (0.47%) SOAP
5 1 (0.47%) XML
5 1 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.44%) Analogue Electronics
1 16 (7.44%) Robotics
2 8 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.26%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.79%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.40%) IoT
6 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.93%) iPad
6 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.47%) Smart Energy
7 1 (0.47%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.72%) Unix
2 7 (3.26%) Linux
3 4 (1.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (11.16%) Agile
3 19 (8.84%) User Acceptance Testing
4 18 (8.37%) GAP Analysis
5 17 (7.91%) PLM
5 17 (7.91%) Roadmaps
5 17 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (7.44%) Integration Testing
6 16 (7.44%) Prototyping
6 16 (7.44%) Requirements Management
6 16 (7.44%) Systems Engineering
7 15 (6.98%) Business Strategy
7 15 (6.98%) Design for Manufacturing
7 15 (6.98%) Performance Tuning
7 15 (6.98%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (6.51%) DevOps
9 13 (6.05%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (5.58%) E-business
10 12 (5.58%) Migration
10 12 (5.58%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.65%) SQL
2 4 (1.86%) Java
2 4 (1.86%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.93%) Groovy
3 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
3 2 (0.93%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.47%) PHP
4 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (33.02%) Security Cleared
2 46 (21.40%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.35%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.86%) CCNP
5 4 (1.86%) Degree
5 4 (1.86%) ISACA
5 4 (1.86%) SAP Certification
6 3 (1.40%) CCNA
7 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.47%) ACCA
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.47%) CCIE
8 1 (0.47%) CIMA
8 1 (0.47%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) CISM
8 1 (0.47%) CISMP
8 1 (0.47%) CISSP
8 1 (0.47%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.72%) NIST
2 7 (3.26%) COBIT
2 7 (3.26%) GDPR
3 2 (0.93%) GRC
3 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Ansible
1 1 (0.47%) Grafana
1 1 (0.47%) Graylog
1 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.47%) Nagios
1 1 (0.47%) Nessus
1 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (40.00%) SAP
2 37 (17.21%) Oracle
3 11 (5.12%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.72%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.40%) Cisco
5 3 (1.40%) Informatica
5 3 (1.40%) Juniper
5 3 (1.40%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.40%) VMware
6 2 (0.93%) Aruba
6 2 (0.93%) Blue Coat
6 2 (0.93%) CheckPoint
6 2 (0.93%) F5
6 2 (0.93%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.93%) McAfee
6 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.93%) Splunk
6 2 (0.93%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.47%) BMC
7 1 (0.47%) Remedy